"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we did not think many Earth-crossing asteroids could originate from." When you ...

The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet that never formed. When our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, the ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...

The asteroid belt was a vast collection of rocks that was believed to be the remains of a planet that never formed. During the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago, Jupiter's ...

Marking a key milestone in the mission’s transition from final design to implementation and operational readiness ...

Forgot what science-fiction has told you, flying through an asteroid belt would be a major challenge for anyone.

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has completed reviewing the Critical Design phase of the mission. A key milestone in the programme’s timeline, this review aims to discuss the details ...